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Welcome to the Educational Leadership Project

Educational Leadership Project Ltd (ELP) provides professional learning and development for educators in the early childhood sector. Since the organisation was established in the year 2000, we’ve worked with thousands of early childhood centres from around New Zealand and overseas.

ELP conducts professional learning programmes and assessment on behalf of the New Zealand Ministry of Education. You can read more about our current Ministry of Education projects on our Programmes page.

We also undertake professional training and development programmes for individual and cluster early childhood centres. These individual programmes are tailored to suit the centre’s specific needs and desired area of development, and may include a range of learning techniques including workshops, one-to-one mentoring, and group coaching.

The ELP team is a group of highly skilled and experienced facilitators who are passionate about early childhood teaching and enabling educators, through professional learning, to develop in to the best that they can be.

"Everytime I come to anything that ELP has run I feel ready to tackle any problem and celebrate the learning that happens for children each day. Your workshops ground me, challenge me and inspire me :)" Fran Paniora, Head Teacher, Forrest Hill, 2018

Kotahi tonu te Wairua o nga mea katoaThere is one Spirit that flows through all

Latest Updates

Assessment, a mana enhancing process

A blog post from Carol Marks.......As we weave our own curriculum and keep abreast of current theory, the alignment between Te Whariki, Te Whatu Pokeka, Reggio Emilia and kaupapa Maori becomes evident when strengthening assessment for tamariki.....

What a fantastic day at this year's Conference! We had a record number of attendees this year, it was wonderful to have so many passionate teachers sharing their knowledge and experience and to see the deep participation and thoughtfulness from all attendees. We have already come up with some ideas to make next year even better...watch this space!

Let's slow down: Shifting from directing and correcting to a culture of connecting

What busy lives we lead. Always rushing from here to there, structuring our days, and time, to fit as much in as possible. Where does all of this over-scheduling leave us in terms of connecting? Connecting with the children we work with? And why is connecting so important anyway?
Click here to read more from this inspiring article by Harriet O'Sullivan

What an absolute pleasure it was to have Neuroscience Educator; Nathan Wallis, join us in Hamilton to present a seminar: The impact of Neuroscience on our practice. This was a Ministry of Education sponsored seminar, organised by ELP.